Thelema · Transcription
The Book of Lies
Aleister Crowley
Short numbered pieces that use paradox, wordplay and Qabalistic associations. The later commentary offers a second layer of reading, sometimes reopening a sentence that seemed straightforward.
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Read one numbered piece before opening its commentary. Chapter 4, Peaches, is a compact example of the difference between aphorism and explanation.
Keep in mind
The commentary was added after the 1913 text; it is not part of that first printing. This modern transcription and its editorial foreword should not be treated as a first-edition facsimile.